Power of the pause

- How many times have you been to a lecture,…workshop, seminar or speech,…and the speaker was talking quickly,…and at the same time speaking in a monotone?…If I were to talk like this for the next few minutes…would I have your attention all the way through…to the end, yes or no?…No, you'd be looking at your phone,…you'd be thinking about dinner,…anything but what the speaker is saying,…but what if suddenly that fast talking…monotone speaker suddenly stops talking?…What happens then?…The audience looks up.…Now the speaker has their attention.…The audience is listening but to what?…Silence, the speech maker is up there talking…up a storm and no one's listening,…and all of a sudden they stop talking…the audience is all ears.…

Pauses are powerful.…Pausing lets a speaker connect with people…in a more meaningful way.…Let's talk about pausing from the outside in,…and then from the inside out.…First, outside in, why listeners need you to pause.…When you say something important…listeners need time to think.…What happens when we speak quickly…

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6/3/2015

Most people are afraid of speaking in public, but effective oral communication is a key skill in business. Jeff Ansell provides simple communication tools, strategies, and tips that are easy to use and produce immediate results. He'll help you sound more confident, use body and language to better express ideas, and overcome anxiety. In the last chapter of the course, all these concepts are brought together in two real-world coaching exercises that will help you see the techniques in action.